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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
belbbmfan:
;D :laugh:
Meryl:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on February 01, 2009, 03:27:45 pm ---You DID?? Meryl, you never told me you know Mr. Rourke! Did you have dinner afterwards? Tell us more! ::)
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Actually, I did have dinner afterward. My friends and I tried out that Italian seafood restaurant we spotted on Eighth Avenue on our "Thais" excursion: Mare. It's a cozy neighborhood place with a bar just inside, a neat vintage coke machine, painted paneling and nautical wall hangings. The food was good, and it was fairly reasonable. I had a good-sized plate of shrimp scampi for under $20. Very nice! 8)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Meryl on February 01, 2009, 04:04:53 pm --- :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Actually, I did have dinner afterward. My friends and I tried out that Italian seafood restaurant we spotted on Eighth Avenue on our "Thais" excursion: Mare. It's a cozy neighborhood place with a bar just inside, a neat vintage coke machine, painted paneling and nautical wall hangings. The food was good, and it was fairly reasonable. I had a good-sized plate of shrimp scampi for under $20. Very nice! 8)
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Lovely! Since that wonderful 8th Avenue excursion I really want to go back and try all those cozy dives! -- BUT--it was COLD :o in New York late last night, wasn't it??--Around 1:00 AM the iPhone told me it was 26 F, and it felt like 06 F--brrr! And today, it's Spring. Go figure!
--- Quote from: oilgun on January 26, 2009, 03:25:07 pm ---I saw THE CLASS (Entre les murs) yesterday and really, REALLY enjoyed it. It's up for Best Foreign language film and I wouldn't be surprised if it wins because it's a quietly brilliant piece of work. Definitely a must see for teachers and anyone interested in education. It's engaging, riveting, exasperating and thought provoking. It also deservedly won the grand prize at Cannes
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I saw THE CLASS last night at the Angelika, the 10:10pm screening--I was waiting for it to open for quite some time, and in the end I really liked it--I told a friend that it was a contemporary, French semi faux docu-version of To Sir With Love (1967) and Up the Down Staircase (also 1967)
So, I liked the film and I really liked François Bégaudeau, the actor playing the teacher, M. Marin; he is a real teacher, and he wrote the original book and the adapted screenplay. If this gets Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, I guess we'll see him on stage, for sure.
(I will say, though, that I could not follow the French--especially the students' very 'street' French--at all. I was completely dependent upon the subtitles. I wonder if anyone who saw it with English subtitles and knows French might comment--I'd appreciate it!)
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on February 01, 2009, 04:12:52 pm ---
--it was COLD :o in New York late last night, wasn't it??--Around 1:00 AM the iPhone told me it was 26 F, and it felt like 06 F--brrr!
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Oh, dear, I have a friend in New York this weekend...well he's used to the cold.
:-\
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 01, 2009, 09:47:29 pm ---Oh, dear, I have a friend in New York this weekend...well he's used to the cold.
:-\
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Don't worry, Lee. Today, it was 51 F !!! (And gorgeous! )
Tomorrow? Who knows. Anybody's guess!
I'm sure your FRiend will be fine. LAYERS are the thing!
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